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Also known as Finn Erling Kydland

Norwegian economist

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Finn E. Kydland is a Norwegian economist who has made significant contributions to economic theory and policy. (I cannot provide more specific details about why he matters based solely on the information that he is a Norwegian economist.)

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Key facts

Born
( 1943-12-01 ) 1 December 1943 (age 82) , Ålgård , Gjestal Municipality , Norway
Alma mater
Norwegian School of Economics (BSc), Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Thesis
Decentralized Macroeconomic Planning (1975)
Doctoral advisor
Edward C. Prescott , David Cass
Influences
Robert S. Kaplan
Discipline
Macroeconomics
School or tradition
New classical economics
Notable ideas
Real Business Cycle Theory , Time consistency in economic policy
Awards
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics , 2004
Website
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2004

    “for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Finn
Gender
male
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Ålgård
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
David Cass
Image
Kydland.jpg
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Finn E. Kydland
date of birth
1943-12-01
name in native language
Finn Erling Kydland
influenced by
Edward C. Prescott
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interested in
economics
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Encyclopedic overview

Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist known for his contributions to business cycle theory. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also holds the Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship at the Tepper School of Business of Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his PhD, and a part-time position at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."

Biography

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